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Nimmyraj
Copper Contributor
Jul 11, 2023

Replace value of a mapped field in word

Hi all, I have a use case, where there is a mapped field in word. This document is being used as a template document in another system. But I want to replace all commas in the field value with ^p or ...
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Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
MVP

Nimmyraj Your "passing it as a field value" does not really answer the question that I asked, which was:

 

"How are the field values being "passed" to the template?"

 

In other words, what is the passing mechanism?

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Nimmyraj
Copper Contributor
Jul 12, 2023
Sorry, if I was not clear. we have MFiles document management system which has a feature of using word document as an input template. So have created a word document as a template document that accepts values as fields from the MFiles system. So the values are passed to the word from MFiles system and the field values are updated in the word document and the word document is saved back to the MFiles document management system. Hope it’s clear.
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    Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
    MVP
    Jul 12, 2023

    Nimmyraj Unfortunately, you have still not provided any information on the mechanism by which the values from M-Files are passed to the fields in the Word Template.

     

    If that mechanism is known, it may be possible to modify it.

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      Nimmyraj
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 15, 2023

      Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP thanks Doug for your help. And sorry for the delay in reply. I was trying to get more details about mechanisms, but could not find details. The usage of word documents is a feature of M-Files DMS. But for this issue, M-Files are trying to give us solution from their end.

      Thanks again for your help. really appreciate. 

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